Our guests discuss and show the messy and occasionally dangerous process of making paints from pigments and the transition to using paints from tubes. They explain how conservators preserve paintings and why alchemists were so important to painters in early modern times.

Show Clock

00:07 Introduction01:15Painting like it’s 1699 with Elisabeth Berry Drago05:39 The time-consuming nature of natural materials08:07Girl with a Pearl Earring clip12:44 Ultramarine, the ultra expensive pigment14:51 The dark side of art: toxic pigments20:24 Call to the community – watch the full webcast on Vimeo20:54 Alchemy22:54 Conservation